Analysis of UpToDate and Lexidrug™ use revealed that many searches today are for patient education topics—even when users have access to other patient education products. Now, care teams have seamless access to more than 7,500 digital leaflets in the Epic workflow, boosting efficiency by allowing them to assign and share UpToDate’s patient education resources directly within Epic. These easy-to-implement enhancements ensure patient education is easily accessible and aligned with UpToDate’s clinical evidence.
Empower patients to play a role in their healthcare and add new insights for administrators
Customer Christina Musser, Senior Director, Virtual Care & Patient Experience at St. Luke's University Health Network commented, “Our previous patient education strategies lacked consistency and often left gaps in communication. We knew we needed a comprehensive solution to deliver meaningful education to every patient, every step of the way.”
Patients can now easily search for and access UpToDate patient education materials on-demand through their MyChart portal, empowering them with the knowledge to take a more active role in their care.
By providing UpToDate education content system-wide, providers can improve efficiency while also ensuring that the content patients access outside of the care setting is aligned with the best-practice guidelines that clinicians use at the point of care. The integration of UpToDate patient education within an organization's EHR workflow will enable hospital administrators to gain actionable insights by leveraging native reporting capabilities to monitor what information is being used, how it is accessed, and how they can continue to support their patient outcomes.
